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VeilleNanos - Our demands

Our demands

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Our demands

Because of the health and environmental risks associated with nanomaterials, there is an urgent need for action, as large quantities of nanomaterials are released into the environment and mixed with the several hundred thousand synthetic chemicals already present.

To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, it is necessary to ensure:

  • A better knowledge of the nature and volume of nanomaterials placed on the market (via the improvement of the r-nano register in France and the registration of nanomaterials at the European level),
  • research efforts on the risks of nanomaterials (with a financial contribution from companies that produce and use nanomaterials),
  • information and training activities (for health professionals as well as public and private decision-makers),
  • and concrete measures of prevention and precaution: mandatory evaluations of nanomaterials before their commercialization; authorization of only certain nanomaterials for the specific and essential uses for which the benefit/risk balance proves favorable.

Action 13 of the National Health and Environment Plan (PNSE 4) published in 2021 is in line with this, but there is much to do with little time and money.

Everyone has a role to play: residents, consumers, researchers, associations, unions, public authorities, companies, media, etc. AVICENN does its part…

Our demands – general documents

  • the open letter that AVICENN sent mid-March 2023 to the European Commission, co-signed by 16 other NGOs, about our product tests and the need to inform and protect citizens from the risks related to nanomaterials
  • the 3 sets of demands for more knowledge, transparency and vigilance, listed at the end of our report Searching for nanos in everyday products published in December 2022
  • the 20 proposals from civil society concerning the reduction of exposure to nanomaterials compiled in June 2019 by AVICENN as part of the preparation of the 4th national health and environment plan (PNSE 4)
  • shorter and easier to read, our mini-comics drawn by Géraldine Grammon, published in 2017
  • our eleven proposals compiled between 2015 and 2017 by AVICENN, in partnership with its associate and other civil society members as well as members of risk assessment and management bodies within the framework of the nanomaterials labeling/restriction working groups led by the Ministry of the Environment
  • the open letter we sent to the government in July 2017, along with CIEL, FNE, ORGECO 54, APE, WECF, C2DS and CIEAS.
  • our book “Nanomateriaux et risques pour la santé et l’environnement – Soyons vigilants !” published in 2016.

Our demands – documents on more specific issues

Upcoming Nano Agenda

12
Mai
2025
Nanoparticles, all exposed? (University of Bordeaux, online)
On line
Webinar
agriculture
air
biocide
construction
consumption
cosmetics
dentistry
drugs
environment
FCM
food
health
masks
research
toys
waste
water
health
information
risks
  • Citizen webinar for the general public and the university community.
  • Organizers: Research department Law & Social transformation (DETS), University of Bordeaux
  • Speakers:
    • Marion Tissier-Raffin, Senior Lecturer in Public Law, Centre de recherche et de documentation européennes et internationales (CRDEI), University of Bordeaux
    • Mathilde Detcheverry, General Delegate, Association AVICENN – Veillenanos
    • Didier Morin, University Professor of Neuroscience, UMR CNRS INCIA, University of Bordeaux
  • Website: https://dets.u-bordeaux.fr/animation-scientifique/webinaires-citoyens/saison-2024-2025

13
Mai
2025
5th Joint Symposium on Nanotechnology (BfR & Fraunhofer Nanotechnology Network – Würzburg, Germany)
Würzburg
Conference
  • 5th Joint Symposium on Nanotechnology
  • Organizers: the Fraunhofer Nanotechnology Network, with the support of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
  • Date: May 13-14, 2025
  • Topics:
    • the application of nanotechnology in various sectors, including digitalization, 2D/3D printing, carbon-based materials and battery materials
    • nano on various regulations (REACh, food contact materials, cosmetics, bioagents, PPPs)
    • adaptation and development of OECD Test Guidelines for nano and advanced materials (Malta Initiative)
    • review on nano-specific NAMs (new approach methodologies)
    • when you’re nano and you know it: dealing with uncertainty regarding the nanomaterial definition in regulatory frameworks
  • Website: www.isc.fraunhofer.de/…2025/5th-symposium-nanotechnology.html

19
Mai
2025
Toxicokinetics: the fate of chemicals in the body (ATC, Paris)
Paris
Training
  • 4-day training :
    • the different routes by which toxic substances can enter the body
    • the importance of toxicokinetics in preventing the toxicity of substances,
    • the absorption, distribution, metabolisation and elimination of xenobiotics
    • the toxicity of nanoparticles
  • Organizer : Association Toxicologie Chimie (ATC)
  • From May, 19 to May, 22
  • Speakers :
    • Frédéric Gaidou (Chemical engineer specialising in Toxicology, ERAMET Group, Paris, President ATC Paris)
    • Sarah Dognin dit Cruissat (Doctor of Pharmacy, nutritionist, toxicochemist, CALMEVA, Lyon)
    • Jean-Dominique Puyt (Veterinary Doctor, Honorary Professor at the École Vétérinaire, Nantes)
    • Isabelle Malissin (Doctor, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris)
    • Nicole Proust (Research Engineer, Honorary Director of Research at the CNRS, Specialist in Nanotechnologies, Arsenic, Electromagnetic Waves, Palaiseau)
    • Marie-Chantal Canivenc-Lavier ((Nutri-toxicologist, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation INRA-Dijon)
    • Claude Lesné (Doctor, Honorary Senior Research Engineer at the CNRS)
    • Nicole Proust (Ingénieure Recherche, Directeur de recherche honoraire du CNRS, Spécialiste Nanotechnologies, Arsenic, Ondes électromagnétiques, Palaiseau)
  • Website : https://www.atctoxicologie.fr/notre-formation.html

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